Tom Moore

Former Cookeville Police Chief and noted law enforcement official Mr. Thomas Dudley Moore died at the age of 84 at his Cookeville home Sunday morning November 23, 2014 at 4:30 a.m. under the tender care of Caris Hospice of Cookeville. Wednesday afternoon November 26th funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home with Tennessee Highway Patrol Chaplin the Rev. Earl Dirkson officiating. Burial will follow in the Moore family lot at Ridgewood Cemetery in Carthage. The family will receive friends at the Hooper-Huddleston-Horner Funeral Home in Cookeville on Tuesday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. & on Wednesday at Sanderson in Carthage from 10 a.m. until the services at 1 p.m. Born May 30, 1930 in the Bluff Creek Community of Smith County, he was one of two children of the late Thomas Lee Moore who died October 7, 1967 at the age of 71 & Robbie Winfree Moore who died July 11, 1998 at the age of 96. Mr. Moore was married to Difficult Community native Laura Jean Kittrell on November 15, 1950. She preceded him in death at the age of 81 on July 7, 2012 following almost sixty two years of marriage. Mr. Moore was a 1948 graduate of Gordonsville High School & Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. Mr. Moore was retired from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. He was appointed to the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 1952, promoted to Corporal in 1954, to Sergeant in 1964 and to the TBI in 1965. He served the Middle Tennessee area during his career with the THP & TBI. After retirement in 1985 he was selected as Chief of the City of Cookeville Department where he served until 1989. He later was employed as a court security officer with the United States Marshall Service in Cookeville for the Late Judge L. Clure Morton until final retirement. Mr. Moore served in the Tennessee National Guard with both the 168th and 130th Military Police Units. He was a fifty year plus member of the Carthage Benevolent Lodge # 14 F & AM. He was a charter member of Cookeville's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #10. Mr. Moore was also a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Retired Officers Association, & The American Association of State Troopers. Following his retirement Mr. Moore owned & operated his family's cattle farm in Bluff Creek. Surviving are his three children, Cyndy Moore Humble & husband LTC (retired) Howard Humble of Campbellsville, KY, Dr. Robin Moore & husband Chris Rohwer of Knoxville, TN, Tom Moore of Smith County, TN; sister, Marilee Whitt of Lebanon; six grandchildren, Dr. Travis Humble & wife Holly of Knoxville, LeAnne Humble of Ayden, NC, Mitchell Moore of Dickson, TN, Lauren Bohwer of Knoxville, Meghan Moore of Columbia, TN, and Kelsey Rohwer Fisher & husband Jeremy of Birmingham, AL. He was also fortunate to have two great-grandchildren, Henry & Owen Humble, & a multitude of cousins, nieces & nephews. During the past year Mr. Moore & his family were blessed to have been assisted by his dedicated caregiver, Ms. Inez Dresher. Members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Cookeville Police Department will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Hill, Bill Grogan, Blake Grogan, Donn Clark, Bob Terry, Eddie Farris, Larry O'Rear, Billy Ford, Linden Gill, Richard Harper and all his friends from the Doodle. The family requests memorials be made to the Tom and Laura Moore Law Enforcement Scholarship: % S.F.H., 901 Main St. N., Carthage, TN 37030-1002.